A whole week... whew. Well we're all ok. The power did go out that night of the last blog... or should I say really early the next morning. It was really scary. I think not only was I scared that the power was out and the wind and rain were blowing like crazy outside but for scared for Toni too. What if the window blows out. I'll have to hover over her quickly so glass won't cut her then run her out of there to some place else in the house. It was freaky. Real freaky. And although I was with family, I still felt alone in the whole thing. I can't really depend on them like I do Junior. I meanI COULD I'm sure they would help out, but it's weird for me to, you know. Don't want to burden anyone when they have their own lives and livelihood (sp?) to protect. Maybe in the event it really happens, my way of thinking would probably change. Well anyway, I'm glad we never had to go down that road. It was scary, I couldn't sleep through it and oh how i wish i could. But Toni was starting to get hot (A/C's out too!) and real restless trying to sleep.
So when it was over (or so we thought) there was no damage just the outage and it was getting uncomfortable. Toni was starting to show signs of a heat rash. As it turns out, my brother never lost power and he lives a little more west in Katy that Junior's family. But I didn't go there initially because I had Jake. But Junior's aunt and uncle suggested that I leave Jake with them and take her to my brother's house where there is AC and she'll feel better. So I did. It's weird to drive around after the storm comes through. Trees were rooted, no traffic lights working, some hanging, debree (sp?) everywhere.
Well we get there and she is instantly feeling better. She sleeps soundly for quite a while. poor thing. She even had her whole bottle! That night, apparently there was a second band of rain from Ike that no one saw coming. So then my brothers power out. Great. Fortunately, it wasn't out too long and it never really got uncomfortable. so we were ok.
So how did our home do? Not great, but not too bad either. It could be way worse. Junior got home Sunday night and gave us the not so good news. There was damage to the roof of our building. Some other buidlings too. Well we are on the third floor so we got more damage than the other floors. Guess the second floor is the best floor. ANYWAY, because of the roof damage water leaked into our bedroom. The walls were wet as well as the carpet. Oh and the ceiling too. So we weren't able to stay home. Actually Junior stayed b/c the fire alarm was going off like crazy but not b/c there was any fire or smoke but because the water shorted it or something and he didn't want to leave our apartment like that.
So he stayed and Toni and I stayed at my brother's. And to this day we are still staying there b/c there is the issue of mold... or maybe. They haven't tested for it yet. But they are working on the carpets and have the roof patched up until they are able to fix it.
Well Toni had her round two of shots Monday... yes the dr was still open! She cried and for some reason I wanted to cry this time. Weird. haha! Maybe just overwhelmed with all that was happening at the time. Monday the office was still closed but Tues they were open. So it was hectic trying to get ready to head back to work and Toni for school when we are still at someone else's home. But I managed to do it and still get to bed by about a little after midnight. But Toni's restlessness woke me up at 3am because she had a fever. Side effect from her shots so I wasn't really too worried but now I can't take her to school. So missed Tues of work. When I took her Wed, she barely ate. I had a small breakdown on my way "home." Just overwhelemed with all going on and here I am thinking she has to learn the bottle again and she's going to lose weight... I let it get to me and she wasn't in high spirits either. She wasn't in low spirits but she just was that day.
Well Thursday I made sure I talked to the director b/c she's always able to feed Toni. Toni ate well!! AND she was having a good day. Real playful and laughing and everything. Made my day too! I was happy as she was! I seriously think that overnight she met another milestone because here she is now babbling to herself while I drive and so happy and playful! So I'm happy too. I'd rather be happy at home, but happy is happy.
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